Rock and a Hard Place Page #9

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Blood, sweat, tears, and all,

success is a must, we refuse to fall.

Boot camp.

Anybody can remember...

memorize a song, a rap or whatever,

but when you put it in here,

and when you put it in here,

that's when you get something out of it.

This program is about making you

stronger mentally and physically

before you enter the society.

I see great things from a lot

of y'all. I see improvement.

I wanna see you 10

years from now as a man,

not the little boy that you are now.

Are you dedicated?!

Dedicated, drill instructor, dedicated!

This is your life,

and it'll be your time to face it.

We have no choice but to

stay and do it, you know?

...five, six, seven, eight, nine...

- Drink that water. Hydrate yourself.

- (all yelling)

Everything we do is for a reason,

but we got to remember

the big picture.

For once in our life, we

get to do something positive.

Lopez:
When you get out of here,

you're gonna go out there,

you're gonna start something new,

you're gonna start something

that's good for your future.

Officer:
March! Hold!

Williams:
These are my brothers.

I live with them, sh*t with them,

sleep with them, eat with them.

I'm my brothers' keepers right now.

It feels as if

this is your first time doing

the best thing in your life.

Cadets:
Boot camp! Boot camp!

Boot "cam."

(panting)

Hey, hey, lock and load!

Hey, hey, lock and load!

Sound of the ground

is so hard and cold.

Sound of the ground is so hard and cold.

We were always ready to go!

We were always ready to go!

So early, so early, so

early in the morning.

So early, so early, so

early in the morning.

Platoon, halt.

Lopez gets that crazy look on his face.

I mean, I guess some

people just get scared,

but I just... I get amped with it.

I get... like, I wanna be crazy, too.

- Cadet:
Sir, yes, sir!

- Cadet #2:
Sir, yes, sir!

Carry on.

Lopez:
I never seen

glasses like that.

Aye, sir.

I thought we taped 'em up. What happened?

I was at work. Call me trash, sir.

Oh, okay.

- Real cute. Take 'em off.

- Sir?

- Take 'em off.

- Aye, sir.

- Put 'em on. Shut up!

- (mumbling)

I tell you to speak?

- Oh, you're laughing?

- Sir, no, sir.

- You having a good time?

- Sir, no, sir.

- Okay, put 'em on.

- Yes, sir.

(snickering)

That how they do it back

there where you live?

This cadet does the best he can, sir.

- Okay, I like to hear that.

- Aye, sir.

- Outstanding, good job.

- Aye, aye, sir.

Who did you pay to do this?

Sir, can this cadet have

permission to speak, sir?

- Yeah.

- This cadet done tried it by himself, sir.

- You did it?

- Sir, yes, sir.

Not bad. Not bad at all.

- Aye, aye, sir.

- Good job.

Aye, aye, sir.

- I wanna see 'em both when you're done.

- Aye, aye, sir.

Get ready.

Go.

How bad you want it? Come on.

Officer:
Five, four,

three, two, one.

Stop!

Jules. How many did Jules do?

- Got 105, sir.

- There you go.

- Plemons!

- Aye, ma'am!

Cadet:
6-1, ma'am.

- 6-1?

- Yes, ma'am.

Plemons, what you did the

first time around, Plemons?

- 2-9.

- 2-9.

- You done doubled that trash.

- Aye, ma'am.

Whoo! Good job, Plemons!

Look at that boy!

Well, he came... he came a long way!

He done came a long way!

- That's pretty darn good for me.

- Good job, white boy.

- Officer:
Running.

- Cadet:
Running.

- Every day.

- Every day.

- We can run.

- We can run.

- To the sun.

- To the sun.

- We can train.

- We can train.

- In the rain.

- In the rain.

- We can go.

- We can go.

- Through the storm.

- Through the storm.

- Hey.

- Hey.

- Hey-o.

- Hey-o.

- Hey, hey.

- Hey, hey.

- Hey-o.

- Hey-o.

The camp ready to go home, sir.

Boot camp! 15-1!

- Come on!

- Cadets:
We love it, we love it.

We finally found a home.

- A what?

- A home.

- A what?

- A home.

- A what?

- A home away from home, hey!

- (chatter)

- Officer:
Scott Jules. Jules, Scott.

- How you doing?

- How you doing?

- (wand beeping)

- Officer:
Keys in here.

And your ID.

(chatter)

This is my grandson.

This is my son that's here

in boot camp, Gerald...

this is his son.

How old is your son?

- My son? He's 21.

- 21?

- He's 21. He turned 21 on Christmas.

- Woman:
How old is he?

He's three.

He turned 19 on December

the, uh... on the first.

And then 12 days later, he went to jail.

And I haven't seen him...

I've seen him, but I haven't

been able to touch him since then.

Officer:
Good afternoon,

ladies and gentlemen.

I would like to welcome you

to the graduation ceremony

of Platoon 15-1.

(applause, cheering)

(officer vocalizing commands)

Yeah!

Whoo hoo hoo!

Yes, that's what I'm talking about!

That's what I'm talking about, yes!

Cadet:
We all started

out as criminals,

but boot camp gave us a second chance.

You all gave us a second chance,

and we won't let you down.

- Platoon 15-1!

- Cadets:
Ma'am, yes, ma'am!

On my command to fall out,

fall out and fall in

in front of your family.

- Aye, ma'am.

- Fall out.

Aye, ma'am. Ma'am, good afternoon,

ma'am. Sir, good afternoon, sir.

(crowd cheering)

- You good?

- I'm good, yeah.

- Mm-wah!

- Mm-wah!

- This my Pooh Bear.

- I missed you, Mama.

I told him they couldn't speak

English when they got here,

but before you go home, you're

gonna be able to speak English.

'Cause you gonna communicate with

me, and I communicate with you.

When I started in this

program, a little English.

- Now, good English.

- He understands very well

- and he speaks very well back.

- Yeah.

I'ma be all right. It's gonna be all right.

All you got to do is just

keep doing what you doing.

You keep doing what you doing

and I'm hanging in here, okay?

- Yes, ma'am.

- Okay?

You keep doing what you doing,

and God gonna see to it that I'ma be here.

Okay?

(woman laughing)

- Es Lopez!

- (speaking Spanish)

10.

- Five, four...

- All right, okay.

- Officer:
Let's go!

- ...three...

- Lock it up!

- ...two,

- and one.

- Done and done!

Ladies and gentlemen,

thank you for participating

in this great event with us.

- (cheering)

- Right!

(chanting) Boot camp! 10-4!

Boot camp! 10-4!

Lopez:
Left face!

- Take a knee.

- Aye, sir.

Now, this is the time to reflect,

to remember.

Remember, you got a long

road ahead of you, okay?

- Sir, yes, sir.

- I want you guys to do well.

I want you guys to freaking

remember all your lessons.

I want you guys to freaking never forget

to be a good person, to do the right thing,

not to expect things from others,

be a selfless person, not a selfish person.

- Do you understand me?

- Sir, yes, sir!

- On your feet!

- Aye, sir! Hoo-ah!

Plemons, this is your property.

We're gonna check. Got your shoes.

What? What, it feel good?

I bet you ain't wear this

trash in a long time, huh?

This feels like a new me.

I never dress like this,

not even for church nor nothing.

Do you want a tie? I'll give you one.

Which one you want, extra

long or the narrow one?

Which one do you want?

I'll wear my brown belt

for the day, you know?

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